---
name: "Writ of Return"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "99927"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kai Carpenter"
oracle_id: "47735ef2-fc4c-4634-83ab-715b1e86da0c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/writ-of-return-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Writ of Return
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Midnight Recovery](/printing/midnight-recovery-gtc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Return to Battle](/printing/return-to-battle-ptk.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rise Again](/printing/rise-again-m21.md) — Sorcery
4. [Voidwalk](/printing/voidwalk-gtc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dread Return](/printing/dread-return-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Disentomb](/printing/disentomb-m11.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #99927
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kai Carpenter
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`